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IKE QUEBEC “TENOR SAX” BLUE NOTE Set 102. Ike Quebec (ts) Roger Ram Ramirez (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Milt Hinton (b) J.C. Heard (d) WOR Studios, NYC, July 18, 1944 Songs include: Topsy/Cup-Mute Clayton/If I Had You/Hard Tack/Sweethearts on Parade/Dolores Three 78 RPM Recordings – Record #’s 510, 515, 516.
These sides were released “for the jukebox market” in the late fifties as 45’s by Blue Note records and lead to new session work and some brilliant albums as a leader in 1961 -62. His comeback was cut short by lung cancer in 1963.
(59 votes, average: 3.73 out of 5)
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July 24th, 2009 at 6:49 am
I had this exact album (as sets of 78s were called)! What a beautiful, classic Blue Note cover photograph. More than that, the sound of that man’s saxophone is not to be believed! Big, luscious and breathy in the best Ben Webster tradition. Look for his Blue Note recordings “Heavy Soul” or “Blue and Sentimental.” Highly recommended.